Cristina Gomez: Jake Barber joins Burlison's office

Cristina Gomez's recap, uploaded 9 November 2026, of Jake Barber's hire onto Rep. Eric Burlison's staff for UAP work, in the place left by David Grusch. She sets the hire against Barber's earlier line that Congress is 'ignorant and neutered' on the subject, and plays his account (from the Jesse Michels interview) of Senate Intelligence Committee staff who believed him at once and said they were being harassed at home. She also covers SkyWatcher's silence, a helicopter linked to Barber tracked in West Texas in August 2026 (per the UAP Files podcast), and his 'fingertips' line placing himself at crash recovery rather than reverse engineering.

Leads to follow

• West Texas helicopter, Aug 2026: Gomez cites the UAP Files podcast for a helicopter linked to Barber tracked flying in West Texas. The UAP Files episode is the primary and is not yet pinned. Compare case/el-paso-airspace-2026.

Notes

• Gomez says, citing Paradigm and earlier NewsNation reporting, that the Senate staff Barber briefed included people tied to Marco Rubio's office from his Senate Intelligence Committee years.
• Already on file and only repeated here: Nate Lucas confirming the hire to Paradigm, Grusch's exit and Stardust X, the 'dog whistle', '100% of the time', the egg offered to AARO, Kirkpatrick's 'nothing credible', and James Fowler leaving.
• The staffer quote is from YouTube auto-captions: 'these guys are at my house last night' [3:36]; the write-up renders it 'were'.